Lahat ng Kabanata ng Raising Him Killed Me: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

Esther was a little stunned.After a while, she said, "Son, I'm doing this for you. How could the school's food be compared to your aunt's cooking?""It's fine, Mom. I'll just stay in the dorms. Besides, Henry is at school as well, right? He can look after me."Esther finally said, "Oh, right. That's true."I smiled at her and handed the wad of bills to Jason. "Here. This is from your mother, for this month's living expenses. Keep them well. You'd need to buy quite a lot of things for the start of the semester."I then said to Esther, "By the way, Esther, come with me to help with the registration."Esther was about to refuse, but I immediately grabbed her wrist and said earnestly, "Do you know how few kids make it from the county school into Thornbridge High? As his mother, shouldn’t you meet the teachers and ask them to take good care of him?""Jason has real potential," I added. "He will get into a top-ranking college in the future! Don't mess this up!"Jason immediately sai

I hung up on Esther. Then, I contacted the lawyer.I found out through the lawyer that Esther had yelled at Jason on the phone, but not once did she bring up the matter of compensation.The lawyer found her hard to deal with as well. Jason's teacher had called Esther multiple times to head to school, but Esther refused.She kept saying that she was busy and that her pay would be docked if she took time off. She also said that it was only normal that children got into fights. She told the teacher to 'relax'.When Esther found out that the classmate had been beaten up so badly on the head that he had been hospitalized, she hung up the call right away.All these happened while Jason was next to his teacher. His face flushed a violent shade of red with fury.I told Daniel not to handle this. We would pay for the lawyer just to avoid getting into this mess ourselves.That Friday, I picked Jason up from school. He returned home to see two pieces of luggage by the door.Since I was pu

Esther and Robert ended up beating Jason there and then.I did not move one bit, in case they ended up hitting me as well.Esther beat Jason while looking at me, so I said, "Esther, enough. Stop hitting him already."The police officer intervened and stopped the beating. "I got you here to work things out, not to hit him! You're in the police station! Behave! Just apologize and compensate!"The moment Esther heard that compensation was required, she was furious. She turned to look at the victim's parents. Seeing the victim's head wrapped in bandages, she mocked, "Who the hell knows if this is real or fake?"The victim's parents fumed. "I knew you wouldn't be reasonable. Since this matter can't be settled, I'll see you in court!"Esther started to worry. Jason stood by the side, saying nothing.I said to her, "Esther, come on. They're willing to settle privately. You have to think about Jason's future. If he had made a mistake, get him to admit it and apologize. If compensation i

Henry replied, "No, I'm fine."Hey, why don't you stay at home and read? I'll be back after the exams!"Jason's jittery state was even more of a confirmation for me that something was off with that milk.After Henry's exam, I sent him to a hotel nearby to stay. I even got my mother-in-law and husband to stay with him.Daniel was no doubt stunned after he heard what I had to say. "Are you sure? How could Jason be so scheming?""I had taken the milk to get it checked, and yes, the milk was spiked with laxatives. He can no longer stay with us."Look after Henry for these two days."…When Jason did not see Henry return, he was a little surprised, yet also delighted. "Aunt Eva, where's Henry? Is he unwell?""Are you hoping he's unwell? He's doing fine. He'll just be staying with our relatives for the next two days, since it's closer."I made a meal for Jason and heated some milk for him. Jason was a little suspicious, but he thought nothing much of it.Once he drank the milk, I